SOMEONE LIKE THEM on Whizbuzz

 I tried something new on the P.R. front with my latest novel, Someone Like Them.  I advertised my book on a platform called Whizzbuzz Books.  I heard about it from a fellow writer giving a talk at a seminar.  I looked it up, I liked what I saw and purchased an ad. It wasn't expensive, and my book cover  and the Amazon link to the book will stay on Whizbuzz for a year.  Not a bad deal, particularly since the Someone Like Them  cover and the purchase link will be posted on the following Whizzbuzz platforms:

           Facebook

            Pinterest

            Linked In

            Flipboard

            Tumblr

            Wordpress

            Goodreads

            and the Whizzbuzz BUZZ page

In addition tweets about Someone Like Them will appear on seven different Twitter accounts, according to Whizbuzz the ad should reach more than 600,000 pairs of  eyes.  That remains to be seen, but I do know that marketing is everything when you have a product, no matter how good it is, and I think Someone Like Them is good.  A couple of reviewers on Amazon agree with me, giving the book five star ratings.  I'm glad that they enjoyed the read, and it's my hope that anyone who reads this blog will purchase the book and enjoy it too.   

SOMEONE LIKE THEM COMING JUNE 30th!

 All right, I know I said that this book would be released in May, but so many good things happened that had to addressed that the month's delay became necessary. Finally, a release date for SOMEONE LIKE THEM has been written in stone.  Superstar, Wanda Carson, will step on to the public stage and do her thing on Wednesday, June 30th.   SOMEONE LIKE THEM ,  the third and last book in the Stillwaters  series, can be pre-ordered as an ebook on Amazon.com.  The book will also be published as a paperback.  In case you haven't read my previous post about the story line, it is as follows:

  

Lady C is a superstar!  The Grammy winning diva is 

the toast of Broadway, and will soon grace the silver

screen.  She is on her way to becoming an

entertainment legend, but in the real world she is

WANDA CARSON, single, mother of three, and the

legal guardian of her two grandchildren by her

wayward daughter.  Having been poverty-stricken

most of her life, Wanda has overcome many

obstacles.  Yet, wealth and fame doesn’t mean that

she has it all.  Not only is she estranged from her

daughter, whose whereabouts is unknown, Wanda’s

life is threatened by a dangerous man.  

Plagued by fears and filled with insecurities, Wanda

goes into hiding, where the last thing she expected

was to meet a man.  A victim of abuse in past

relationships, DONALD CHAPMAN turns out to a

complete surprise.  A giant of a man, he is kind,

thoughtful and intelligent.  The friendship she forms

with him changes her perspective in life.  Yet, just as

unexpectedly another man enters the picture with a

 plan that could disrupt Wanda’s entire world.

  

STILL WORKING HARD

Things have been moving so swiftly over the last few weeks I almost forgot about the blog.  In the course of the last few weeks,  I've been working hard on my next novel, Someone Like Them, and  editing and updating my novel, Stillwaters, for re-release.   The latter is the novel that introduces readers to an amazing town and equally amazing characters, and this book is connected to the  storylines about the three sisters in the Stillwaters book series.  So, I'd like to get the Stillwaters book out before I release Someone Like Them.   

Meanwhile, the paperback version of Singing a Song will be available on Amazon.com before the end of this month.  While all of that is happening, I'm still working on a novel with my writing partner, L. Barnett Evans, a thriller this time, and in the process I went in search of an agent to help me introduce my plays to more theatres.  I more or less gave up on finding a literary agent, but miracle of miracles, I got the attention of a theatrical agent right away.  So that goal is attained.  Now, all I have to do is finish the first draft of Someone Like Them and eventually get it out there.  Keep your fingers crossed.  But at least I have the cover.  Here it is again.

MY NEXT NOVEL - SOMEONE LIKE THEM

Thanks to everyone who responded to the half price sale of my books on Smashwords during the month of July.  It went well.  Over the next few months (maybe years), I hope to re-release several of my previous novels from the Sin series. 

I'm presently working on the last book in the Stillwater series.  The title of the book is Someone Like Them and I hope to finish the first draft of the story by the end of this year.  

In the Stilllwaters series, each one of the three sisters that I follow in the storylines finds the strength in themselves to overcome their life circumstances.   Wanda Carson is the oldest of the three sisters in this series, and to say that her life goes from rags to riches is any understatement.   Here's a preview of the book's opening.    

SOMEONE LIKE THEM

PROLOGUE

Wanda stood bathed in the glare of the brilliant spotlight with tears streaming down her face.  What was being sung was a love song, just for her.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot…

How could it ever be?

And never brought to mind?

Not brought to mind?  That was impossible. 

Should auld acquaintance be forgot…

This was the end. 

And auld lang syne?

This was her last performance. 

For auld lang syne, my friend…

The most important people in her life were out there beyond the lights.  Her mother, Faith, her younger sisters Melanie and Jolene, her granddaughters, Raven and Racine…

For auld lang syne,

And of course, her beloved godmother Miss Emma.

We’ll tak' a cup o’ kindness yet,

Yes, everyone she loved was present, except the ones she loved beyond comprehension—Armand, Davon and Christa— her children.

For auld lang syne.

As the audience at the Broadway theatre finished the song for the woman who they felt was just like them, the chant that followed Wanda Carson’s extraordinary rise to stardom began, reaching a crescendo.

Lady C!  Lady C! Lady C!

She stood center stage, a vision in gold, bathed in the spotlight, amid a shower of flowers, chants of adulation and deafening applause.  The curtain came down slowly.  Torrents of tears washed her glittering makeup away.  No one would have guessed that they weren’t tears of joy.

For the past eighteen months, she stood on this stage, eight times a week, singing her heart out.  Every song that she sang was for her children.  Every tear that she shed, in the past and in the present, onstage and off, was for the three of them.

The curtain came down.  The spotlight faded.  The last performance was over.  Or was it just beginning?

HALF PRICE BOOKS ON SMASHWORDS!

The  11th Annual Smashwords July Summer/Winter Sale is back! From July 1, 2019 - July 31, 2019 you can purchase all of the ebooks in the SIN series and Someone Like Me , the first book in the STILLWATERS series at HALF PRICE. 

That's right during the entire month of July you can read it all! The sale even includes my latest re-release in the SIN series, Singing a Song. Start with Sin (Book #1) and fall in love with Reverend Nedra and bad boy, Sinclair.  Meet their best friends, Brandon and Sash, on their exciting adventure in Sweet Sacrifice (Book #2).   Cheer for Nedra and Sin as they fight for the life of their child in Sinful Intentions (Book #3).  In Singing a Song (Book #4)  follow the battles between superstars Darnell and Thad, and catch your first glimpse of the mysterious, Mr. Hardman, whose deadly past is painstakingly revealed in Secrets (Book #5), Strangers (Book #6) and uncovered completely in Shadows of Love (Book #7).  Enjoy the first book in the STILLWATERS series, Someone Like Me , and meet Melanie, the sensible sister in a trio of bodacious women. 

The GRANDMOTHERS, INCORPORATED  cozy mystery book series, which I co-write with fellow author/playwright, L. Barnett Evans, is also on sale on Smashwords during the month of July.  Grandmothers, Incorporated, Saving Sin City, There's Something Wrong with Miss Zelda and Whose Knife is it Anyway? are all available.  Read one of these novels and you'll laugh until you cry!  go to our website, www.grandmothersinc.com, and read all about us. 

 

 

SINGING A SONG IS BACK!

It's here, the second edition of Singing a Song has been released and it's better than ever.  In this updated version of the romantic suspense novel readers will once again be introduced to a mysterious character who eventually becomes instrumental in two more Sin Series novels:  Strangers and Shadows of Love. 

Singing a Song is the fourth novel in the Sin Series.  Read the SINGING A SONG synopsis below:    

www.smashwords.com/books/view/941897

Diva, DARNELL CAMERON, and playboy, THAD STEWART, are both superstars. She is a singing sensation and he is an actor extraordinaire. When their cars accidentally collide so do they, and war is declared. The battles between them are epic, and both are intent on declaring victory. These are two American idols who openly despise each other. It would take a major miracle to get them together, or perhaps the mysterious stranger stalking one of them and intent on killing the other one might hold the key to their mutual destiny.

SINGING a SONG is available in ebook format on Smashwords.com and Amazon.com.  The paperback version will be published soon.  CLICK on THE LINK ABOVE and read an excerpt from the novel.

IT'S A NEW LOOK!

I almost missed my post this month, but I made it and it's a short one.  I'm working on the re-release of Singing a Song, and Someone Like Them, the latest book in the Stillwaters Series, so I'm super busy.  However, I did want to take the time to invite anyone who reads this post to view the new look on my website.  I've got all of my books listed, past and present, as well as upcoming releases.   I've even added a photo gallery.  I also added information about my playwriting. 

Just CLICK www.crystalrhodes.com.  Hope you enjoy the new look.

FROM THE PAGE TO THE STAGE

As stated in this blog last month, I am a playwright as well as an author, and one of the plays, Grandmothers, Incorporated, which I co-wrote with fellow author and playwright, Lillie Barnett Evans, enjoyed a production by   

The Theatre Arts Club of Detroit on March 15th and 16th. The Theatre Arts Club (TAC) is a Michigan non-profit organization established in 1910 as an all women's theatre group.  The TAC produces two shows a season.  We were happy that Grandmothers, Incorporated was one of them.

In the Two Act play, the  four amateur sleuths, who call themselves Grandmothers, Incorporated go to an isolated cabin in the woods for a  weekend of peace and quiet and, unexpectedly, encounter a notorious drug dealer hiding in the cabin.  The result is less than peaceful or quiet, but it is hilarious. 

The play, which is also the title of the popular cozy mystery novels of the same title, made its debut Off Broadway in 2010 at the Billie Holiday Theatre, and enjoyed a successful run just as it did in Detroit.  Below are  some of the photos from the Detroit production. 

The CAST of Grandmother's Incorporated (Seated-Left to Right, seated), CAROL WOTRING (Bea Bell), MARIANNE SHRADER (Chevron Harris), ERIN ANN DISANTE (Hattie Collier), (Standing-Left to Right) MARY STELMARK (Connie Palmer), PATRICIA O'BRIEN (director) and SHEILA WADE KNEESHAW (Fanny Collier)

The ladies of Grandmothers Incorporated in action

 

Playwrights with the Cast, Producer, Director, and Staff of Grandmothers, Incorporated  

THREE MONTHS of MARCH MADNESS!

These last few months have been moving like a freight train.  I am an award winning writer who doesn't like to be put in a box, so I write romantic suspense novels, cozy mystery novels, plays (both comedy and drama) and anything else I feel like writing, and I'm blessed to have been successful at it.  Oh, I don't mean famous successful, but able to make money successful, and I am grateful for this talent that has brought me so much joy.

In January I went to St. Petersburg Florida after having won the 2019 American Stage Theatre New Play Festival competition with my latest two act play The Diary of Annie Mae Franklin.  There were 544 entrants.  The trip included a stipend, three days of hotel accommodations, and a staged reading of my play.  It was awesome!  The play was well received by the standing room only audience and I had so much fun. 

In February, I worked on, and finalized, a new cover for the re-release of one of my most successful romance suspense novels, Singing a Song. I've been re-editing that novel for weeks.  Look for the re-release of that novel soon.

New Singing a Song Book Cover

Then this month, I traveled to Detroit, Michigan, with my writing partner, Lillie Barnett Evans.  She and I write the hilarious Grandmothers, Incorporated cozy mystery series together.  Go to our website:  www.grandmothersinc.com to find out more about that. The book covers are featured below.  Years ago, we wrote a play with the same title that placed the characters from our book series on stage.  In 2010 the play appeared Off Broadway to full houses and enjoyed an extension.  We've been marketing the play ever since to theatre groups.  In March, The Theatre Arts Club in Detroit produced the play. Lillie and I traveled there to see it.  The ladies in the theatrical group were most gracious and we thoroughly enjoyed the trip.

Lillie (l) and Crystal (r) with Theatre Arts Club play producer, Lisa (m) 

Yes, the past three months have been busy ones, and I love every minute of it.  Oh, and next month one of my other plays will enjoy a production in the Midwest.  I love the writing life!!!  

A NEW BOOK COVER!

Book #3 in the Stillwaters Series

Here it is, the cover to my latest new romantic suspense novel, SOMEONE LIKE THEM, the third and last installment of the Stillwaters Series.  Each of the novels in this series tells the story of one of the three middle aged Carson sisters, each  of whom experiences extraordinary circumstances that completely changes their lives. 

The first novel, Someone Like Me, tells Melanie's story.  She's  the middle sister, the "fixer" in the family.   The second novel, Someone Like You, is Jolene's story.  She's the youngest sister, the "tough" one in the family.  SOMEONE LIKE THEM, is about  Wanda,  the oldest sister and the family "protector".  What happens to her in SOMONE LIKE THEM is perhaps the most spectacular story of all!  It's an absolute delight creating this work and when it is released, I hope that readers will enjoy it  as much as I am enjoying writing it. I really like the cover, it conveys the majesty of the woman who Wanda Carson becomes.    

Meanwhile, click on the covers and that should take readers to the sites where the other two Stillwaters series novels can be purchased.  Acquaint yourself with the Carson family. I think you'll like them. The plan is for SOMEONE LIKE THEM to be released later this year, after the re-release of several of my former romantic suspense novels, but more about that in future blogs.

A NEW YEAR A NEW HORIZON

The year 2019 came in with a bang!  Not only am I an author, but I also write plays and last year I was one of the winners of the American Stage Theatre 21st Century New Play Festival.  Five hundred forty-four plays were submitted and only four plays were selected for the staged readings.  Those plays were read from  January 3rd to January 6th.  My play, The Diary of Annie Mae Franklin, was read on Saturday, January 5th at the American Stage Theatre in St.  Petersburg, Florida.  It was an absolute pleasure to attend the Festival and to give the following interview for the American Stage Theatre blog:

    21st Century Voices Interview with 

     Playwright, Crystal V. Rhodes

As 2018 comes to an end we’re looking forward to kicking off the new year with new plays! Our 21st Century Voices: New Play Festival will run January 3rd-6th featuring five staged readings and talkbacks with playwrights from all over the country. Here’s an interview with Indianapolis based playwright Crystal V. Rhodes whose play THE DIARY OF ANNIE MAE FRANKLIN will be presented on Saturday January 5th at 8pm.

Synopsis of THE DIARY OF ANNIE MAE FRANKLIN

The Franklin family lives in the small town of Jerome, Arkansas, during World War II where the United States government has imprisoned Japanese Americans in “Relocation Camps”. Some of the black residents in Jerome helped build the camp, but the people imprisoned there are completely foreign to them. Yet, the racial injustice that has put them there is all too familiar. When fourteen year old Adam Sato escapes from the “camp” he encounters a twelve year old black girl named Annie Mae Franklin. Without her family’s knowledge, she hides him. When Adam is discovered the family faces a dilemma. Should they hide him and face treason charges or turn him in and be complicit with his immoral imprisonment? While the debate rages, tragedy strikes and it spells disaster for the Franklin household. With their backs against the wall, the family’s solution is escape, as its members—and their unexpected guest—become forced migrants and head North.

What are you most looking forward to about 21st Century Voices?

I am looking forward to hearing the voices of the characters I’ve created come to life under the interpretations of the various actors and the director’s vision.  I’m also looking forward to interacting with other creative artists who attend the Festival.

What inspired you to write this play?

The Diary of Annie Mae Franklin was created as the result of my having read an article about several of the “Japanese Relocation Centers” having been built in the south during WWII.  That little known fact prompted me to conduct research regarding the two camps located in Arkansas. During the course of that research I ran across a short blurb recounting a brief encounter between a young Japanese American boy who had escaped from the relocation center and a young girl standing in front of her house on the side of the road.  The conditions under which she lived were so bad that the boy mistook the girl’s home for an outhouse. The account motivated me to write The Diary of Annie Mae Franklin, a play that would examine the parallels between the social injustice endured by African Americans and by Japanese Americans during World War II.

What has the life of your play been like thus far?

The play was submitted to the 2017 National Black Theatre Festival Readers Theatre and selected to be read at that Festival in August, 2017. Comments from the audience resulted in a few rewrites and the script is now ready for the 21st Century Voices staged reading and further development.

What do you hope to gain from having a director and actors work with your piece?

I hope that by having a director and actors work with The Diary of Annie Mae Franklin that it will help me assess the strengths and weakness of each character.  Staged readings also assist me with finding what I call the holes and gaps in the script. In other words, areas that I might have overlooked when creating the piece.  Hearing the dialogue read aloud by actors in character lets me know how realistic it sounds. I can hear if the dialogue is stilted or preachy and then make a decision as to what improvements are needed.  Play readings are essential to the development of a good play.

What would you like to gain from having an audience hear your play?

I like to see audiences react to the characters and storylines in my plays. How they react lets me know whether they “get it” or whether I have more work to do.  My favorite thing to do when one of my plays goes up as a production is to sit in the audience, anonymously. Sitting there I can feel the energy of the people around me, sense their emotions, evaluate their reactions and hear their comments.  It’s then that I know for sure whether I’ve made them laugh, cry or go to sleep.

What do you want people to take away from your play?

I hope that people will leave The Diary of Annie Mae Franklin with a better understanding of the ravages of racism and poverty, and how they can leave one feeling powerless and vulnerable.  I also want people to remember the history the play conveys. People need to understand that unless we remain vigilant, history can repeat itself, and that’s not always a good thing.

What are your hopes for the future life of your play?

It‘s my hope that The Diary of Annie Mae Franklin will enjoy staged productions in theatres throughout this country and beyond.  I hope that the play will not only entertain audiences, but educate them about a period of time in our history that should not be forgotten. The Diary of Annie Mae Franklin is the first in a trilogy of plays that I plan on writing that will follow the characters in this story. My next two plays will be a One Act that tracks the treacherous journey of the characters in this play who flee southern oppression and then a final Two Act play will take place in Harlem where they will face new challenges.  That being the case, I’m ready for an agent who can help carry this work as far as it can go. So I’m putting that out there!

Do you have any advice for aspiring playwrights?

The best advice I can give to any writer is the simplest advice– keep writing.  Learn as much as you can about the writing process and about the business of writing, and be as versatile as possible.  I’ve written well over twenty-one plays that has led to me to writing theatre and movie reviews, an entertainment column and  producing a radio show, writing voice over scripts for museum exhibits and being the author of fourteen published novels. Aspiring playwrights might want to keep their options open.  Doing so can enhance their creativity. Plus, it can be a whole lot of fun!

THE END OF A GOOD YEAR

I did it!  I completed twelve months of blog posts.  I’ve been remiss in the past, but I was determined that 2018 would be different.  Of course this year seems to have flown by so quickly that I really didn’t notice that  it was nearly over until recently.

It’s been a good year.  The rights to all of my novels published by Genesis Press were returned to me.  I now have complete control over everything I’ve written, both novels and plays.  Believe me, creative control is a powerful feeling.

The second book in the Stillwaters series was released in October. Now Jolene Carson’s story is out there with that of her older sister, Melanie.  I’m gearing up to write the story of the oldest of the three sisters, Wanda.  The title of the book is Someone Like Them.  It’s going to be full of twist, turns and surprises.

A little over a year ago, I wrote a Two Act play titled, The Diary of Annie Mae Franklin, a family drama set during World War II.   It recently won the 2018 American Stage Theatre’s 21st Century Voices New Play Festival.  The work will get a staged reading and perhaps the opportunity for a regional production. 

Meanwhile, my writing partner for the Grandmothers, Incorporated cozy book series, L. Barnett Evans and I are in negotiations with a theatre group in Detroit, for the production of our Two Act play, Grandmothers, Incorporated, based on the characters in our books.  Next year our play might be making it’s Midwest debut .  It looks like 2019 will be a good year too!

RE-RELEASES are COMING!

It’s a powerful feeling to be in total control of your dream.  I’ve written over a dozen books, and the rights to all of those titles now belong to me.  Several were in the hands of a former publisher until recently. The rights have now been relinquished to me.

Singing a Song…, Small Sensations and Stillwaters are the names of those titles and will all be re-released.  I can’t say when.  I'll simply say ASAP.  Each of the books will require a new cover and will be re-edited, but the exciting storylines will remain the same, if not enhanced. 

Singing a Song…, is part of my romantic suspense Sin Series.  Small Sensations is a stand alone, although some familiar names do appear in the story.  Stillwaters… is also part of the Sin Series, but it carries the name of my latest book series, a trilogy about the lives of three sisters.

Here is a Blurb for each of the books:

Singing a Song…

Diva, DARNELL CAMERON and playboy, THAD STEWART, are both superstars.  One would think that they have a lot in common, but in reality they are like oil and water.  These are two American idols who openly despise each other.  It would take a miracle to get these two together, or perhaps a mysterious stranger intent on killing one of them.

Small Sensations

DAVIA MAXWELL is a street-smart thirty-four year old grandmother who has clawed her way out of one of Chicago's roughest ghettoes.  JUSTIN MILES is successful businessman who happens to be a member of one of the most prominent families in Atlanta.  Yet, when Justin meets Davia there is nothing that can keep them apart—or so it seems.

Stillwaters… 

BEV CAMERON is smart, sexy, sophisticated and the mother of singing superstar Darnell Cameron.  She is a woman in control.  Hollywood agent, RAY WILSON is a mover and shaker in Tinsel town.  What he wants he knows how to get, except when it comes to Bev Cameron.

Singing a Song… will be the first of the three novels re-released, hopefully, early next year.  Meanwhile, I’m developing the outline for the third book in the Stillwaters Series, Someone Like Them.  The life of a writer can be busy, but I’m having the time of my life!

SOMEONE LIKE YOU is Finally Here!

Okay, I've been teasing about SOMEONE LIKE YOU,  Book #2 in the STILLWATERS SERIES for so long that I forgot when I started writing about it, but finally my latest book has been released.  Below is a description of the storyline.

JOLENE CARSON is at the lowest point in her life.  Unemployed and homeless, she is unable to see a brighter future, until her son presents her with an opportunity that changes everything.  Unfortunately, it means having to deal with her son’s boss who turns out to be the most disagreeable man that Jolene has ever met.  How in the world is she supposed to deal with someone like him?

SOLO REEDUS is content with his life.  Why wouldn’t he be?  He’s smart, healthy, wealthy and good looking.  Solo has everything a man could want.  The last thing he needs is an obnoxious woman with too much attitude invading his well ordered life.  How is he supposed to deal with someone like her?

It takes unexpected circumstances for Jolene to realize her self-worth.  In the process, Solo learns to appreciate the strength and courage of an ordinary woman who turns out to be extraordinary.

In writing the story of Jolene Carson, the youngest of the three Carson sisters in the Stillwaters Triology, I began to recognize  strengths in this character  of which even I wasn't aware that she possessed.  The more she developed in my mind, the more I came to admire her.  Believe me, it's true when a writer tells readers that the characters in the books we write take on a life of their own.  My plan was for Jolene to be the tough one in the family, but she turned out to be that and so much more.  So I invite readers to click the cover of SOMEONE LIKE YOU.  It should take it you to amazon.com where you can  purchase the ebook or the paperback.  Enjoy!  

SPEAD THE GOOD NEWS!!!

Okay, so I created a great promotion video for my novel, SINFUL INTENTIONS, but I haven't been able to load it on this blog. Maybe that will happen someday when I become  more tech savvy.  I can only wish.  Any of my readers who follow the Grandmothers, Incorporated cozy mystery series that I write with my writing partner, L. Barnett Evans, can go to You Tube and type in Grandmothers Incorporated Adventures.  All of our book promotion videos are there including the one for our  last novel, the very funny WHOSE KNIFE IS IT ANYWAY.  I plan on putting the Sin Series videos on You tube in the near future, and eventually the Stillwaters Series videos as well.  That's long overdue.

I received good news recently regarding my three novels published by Genesis Press.   Those titles are Singing a Song..., Small Sensations and Stillwaters…  The rights for all three novels have reverted back to me!  I have complete control over everything I have written now and I can't say loud enough how great that feels. 

Spread the good news.   Over the next year or so I will be releasing each of these three novels with new covers and any updates I choose to make in them, because I CAN!  Hallelujah!  Amen!  Thank you Lord!!!  Life is beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!  

SOMEONE LIKE YOU PUBLISHING DELAY & SMASHWORDS BOOK SALE

I've been working on getting the word out about the release of the latest edition of SINFUL INTENTIONS. and while that has been going well, there will be a delay in releasing  SOMEONE LIKE YOU, the latest novel in the Stillwaters Series.  Don't worry though, the book still should be out this year.  At least that's the plan.

One again here's a copy of the SOMEONE LIKE YOU cover that I debuted in April.  I really like it because it conveys the beauty and the complexities of Jolene, the youngest of the three Carson sisters, each of whom learns to turn life's lemons into lemonade.  

Meanwhile, SINFUL INTENTIONS is available exclusively on Amazon.com until further notice.  It seems that I get more purchases  on Amazon for my romantic suspense novels than on Smashwords.com, perhaps because more people know about Amazon than Smashwords, but I'm not giving up on Smashwords.  All of my other books are still available on that site, and eventually Sinful Intentions will be back on the site as well.  I do hope that readers will give the smaller site a try.  There are a lot of good Ebooks on Smashwords, including mine, and it does allow for more Ebook readers than just Kindle.  

Three of the four novels in the Grandmothers Incorporated cozy mystery series that I co-write with author/playwright, L. Barnett Evans, will be ON SALE for only .99 cents on Smashwords.com through December 2018.  If you haven't read one of our hilarious cozies here's your chance!  Who knows when you'll get another bargain like this!  Our last novel, Whose Knife is it Anyway, is still at the regular price.  After all we can't give away everything!!  Go below past the Blog Post to the four (4) Grandmothers Incorporated book covers click the covers.  Read the excerpts free, then purchase the books and save a bundle!

SIN SERIES NOVELS on SALE thru JULY at 50% OFF on SMASHWORDS

The 10th Annual Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale Runs July 1-31

The biggest sale of the year at Smashwords has begun!

From July 1 through July 31, you'll find all of the SIN SERIES deals ON SALE  in Ebook format in the 10th annual Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale.

PRICED from .99 to $1.50

INCLUDING THE RELEASE OF  THE THIRD EDITION OF 

 It's Back and Better than Ever!

READ EXCERPTS and PURCHASE

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What does a female minister do when her bad boy husband is determined to seek vengeance on his enemy?

SHE HELPS HIM

When Reverend NEDRA DAVIS engaged in a torrid love affair with sexy bad boy, SINCLAIR REASONER, her congregation was shocked, but Nedra and Sin fought for their love and won.  Four years later, they are happily married and the proud parents of three adopted children.  Life is good, that is until the unexpected appearance of a menacing stranger and a deceptive woman set into motion a chain of events that threatens to destroy everything the couple cherishes.

As Nedra and Sinclair engage in the fight of their lives, they soon discover that love may not be strong enough to compete against lust, intrigue and power.